I am an emeritus professor from Cornell University and was a Commissioned Lay Preacher in the Presbyterian Church (USA). For many years I have followed the Daily Lectionary as printed in the Mission Yearbook of my church. For each day of a two-year cycle, the lectionary lists four psalms and three other scriptural passages--usually one from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. My practice is to copy down a verse or two from one of the psalms and from each of the other three passages. After I have written out all four selections, I reflect upon them, rearrange their order, and incorporate them into a meditation. Sometimes I retain much of the original wording; sometimes all that remains of a selection is an idea that was stimulated when I read the original words. All selections are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. For the Daily Lectionary, see the link below.

In the Pattern of Christ—Aug. 18, 2014

[From Aug. 20, 2012] 

O God, you are just in all your ways, 
and kind in all your doings. 

You gave Moses a pattern to build 
the tent of testimony, 

and Jesus patterned his whole life 
after what he saw you do. 

Hold the life of Christ before our eyes, 
so we see to do what is right. 

Lectionary Readings 
Ps. 135; 145; 97; 112 
Judg. 17:1-13 
Acts 7:44-8:1a 
John 5:19-29 

Selected Verses 
Ps. 145:17  
The Lord is just in all his ways,
          and kind in all his doings. 

Judg. 17:6  
In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes. 

Acts 7:44 
"Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, as God directed when he spoke to Moses, ordering him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.  …"  [Stephen to the high priest and council] 

John 5:19 
Jesus said to [those seeking to kill him], "Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.  …” 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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